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    From the Oral History collection: Issy Wyner

    1 minute read

    Wed 16 Apr 2014 by
    Dr Barry York
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    Issy Wyner was born at Paddington, Sydney, in 1916 and grew up in the Rozelle-Balmain area. The interview with him was recorded for his recollections of life in Sydney during the 1930s Depression, as part of the Museum’s preparation for the exhibition ‘Scarred and Strengthened’ in 2007.

    In this edited excerpt from an oral history interview, Mr Wyner recalls the evictions that took place during the Depression, the neighbourliness that helped families cope and the local responses to him as a Jew.

    Listen on…

    Issy Wyner was recorded for the Oral History Program by Barry York in 2007. The full interview is not currently available online but is available upon request at the Museum of Australian Democracy. Please contact the museum prior to your visit and quote the reference number OHI 136.

    1 minute read

    Wed 16 Apr 2014 by
    Dr Barry York
    • APMC
    • collection
    • oral history
    Issy Wyner recalls life in Sydney during the 1930s Depression.

    Issy Wyner recalls life in Sydney during the 1930s Depression.

    Barry York was an historian at MoAD for ten years from 2006. His email is barryyork554@gmail.com To mark the 50th anniversary of the Waterdale Road marches, he has undertaken a self-funded oral history project, recording memories of some participants.

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